Coronavirus mapped: Confirmed cases in Derbyshire reaches 210 as UK death toll hits 1,228

Derbyshire now has 210 confirmed coronavirus cases recorded in the county, according to the latest figures.

By Claire Lewis

Published 30th Mar 2020, 12:42 BST

Updated 30th Mar 2020, 12:42 BST

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Public Health England data, released yesterday, reveals that out of all the ‘upper tier local authorities and NHS regions’ Derbyshire is ranked as 22 in the list of areas with the highest figures

Sheffield has the third highest number of patients who have tested positive, with 387 cases recorded – behind only Hampshire, which had 432 and Birmingham, which has 513.

Across the UK, 19,522 cases have been confirmed and there have been 1,228 deaths

Coronavirus cases are continuing to rise

Yesterday, the number of confirmed cases in the UK went up by 2,433 and there were 209 more deaths than the previous day.

Elsewhere in Yorkshire, there are 70 confirmed cases in Barnsley, 60 in Rotherham, 44 in Doncaster, 113 cases in Leeds and another 21 in York.

Updated figures are due to be released this afternoon.

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